Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Negative Dialectics' and 'talk'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

20435

If philosophy could be summarised it would be pointless [Adorno]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

14296

Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking

6900	A prior understanding of beauty is needed to assert that the Form of the Beautiful is beautiful [Westaway]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

6956	At what point does an object become 'whole'? [Westaway]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 7. Chinese Room

7335	The Chinese Room should be able to ask itself questions in Mandarin [Westaway]